San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-20
We Met at TOuIOn.
The ROMANCE OE A VOYAGE


ner little bag, 1 discovered that ner
name was not unfamiliar to me, and
yet the familiarity of IL carried me far
back into the past.
"Hawtreel" kept repeating. / ques-
toned and perplexed myself to no pur-
pose; but, by-and-b', when had given
up, OF imagined that l had, thinking
about the matter, It all came to me.
Hawtree was the name Of an old
drawingmaster OF mine; Hawtree was
the name OF young schooliellow or
mine; Hawtree was a name that for
two or three years l had seen in the
Royal Academy's catalogue rs painter
OF pictures which had struck my fancy
mostly scenes In the country round
Rome, cattle and peasants OF the Cam
pagna.
For the sake OF the name as much as
for the pictures themselves t1 had purIss
chased some two or three, wondering If
that young artist HaWtree was my
young schoOlteliow HaWtree.
now determined thai the two should
certainly DE one, ana tnat one the
brother OF my little companion; VINO
must as certainty De tAe Slster Ruth"
OF Wnom ne naa oIten talked-a DaDy
g,ri then, anu tne opJect oi MS aihost
ldoiatrouS aHectloh.
While she slept, FURNISHED up my
memory as 10 an matters Iegarding Ihe
Two naWtrees-laliier anu soll' anu az
length was anxious the lired niue
sleeper should awake, quite resolved
that FRANK HaWtree, her Drother, was
my very uear irIeIu.
Hawtree-moaheu IN ner sleep IN
u.
Dent toward her. we were stopping
at station: sue reused nerseiI: ,,,
Could you get me glass Oh WaterI
she ASKED. i am 50 sorry 70 give you
troupe. ~ s.,., I'm Ia,
..i ou ieei ,a,m,a nnt n b pe ph b ur
recIy sprung ou.. pIpuSne nei
q grass OF water, lnto Wnlcn hau put
nttie cognac. lou Hes ;m pe alIa as
III noI zoo stIong, II "lliuoyoug oou.
I'm SOY u u9ctor
que .o9h NV, !. VIII sra'eiui' coinoihs
look, ana drank II. .,,
io9 aie pee'el HoM' Saio' %
JuLnPeu nilo tnI cailiasS.
y, yes, inallh YOU; nau peen oIeaih-
ing Painluliy VI lank, NY oIother
nave lnaue very Pieasaht ais-
coVeIy Wnne you Wete asleeP, Mlss
hawtree, saIa, pointing 70 sne .icke'
on her Dag. Iris Is your namef
yes"
III Is well, name 10 me. A
faV0flte schOol1elloW OF mine was call.
ed FRANK Hawtree; a faVorlte artist OF
mine, whose, works have greatly al.
mired, Is called Frank HaWtree, don't
tell me you are not the little sister
huth' he used 10 talk ABOUT.
am only TOO glad ana PROUD 10 tell
you that am"
gu don I ask VINO am, OF seem
surprised az my discovery,
-, No. she answered, sll8htly smlilng'
knew De1ore.
knew meI
es; FRANK USED 10 talk 10 me ABOUT
you enough 10 make me remember the
name very well; and while you were
walking up and down the platform at
Toulon read your name upon your
luggage: :.
But how did you come to associate
tne luggage with us rlghtful owner!
dld not go near IT"
by instinct, suppose, partly, and
partly because FRANK once trled 10
paint likeness OF you from memory,
and you are still enough IKE ms picture
10 nave made me notice your race pc
fore noticed the name on the lug
gage: " ,,,
men we reached Nice, handeq MISS
Hawtree from the carriage, and felt
that she was trembling.
gu cannot go on I'LL the elghG
o'clock diligence in the morning, |
snail secure room Tor you at motel,
where can rely upon your being safe
and comfortable. shall engage your
place Ill the diligence Tonight, ana call